Weak sunshine and very little wind drew all five of us outside – if only for a short time. Achilles, Kendal, and Stella surveyed the backyard for a moment.
Day: January 14, 2014
Winter thaw 5, sunset
Winter thaw 4, sunrise
Winter thaw 3
This patch of ice caught my eye, looking like a buffalo head, or an alien, or vaguely like a longhorn steers’ head and horns if you are a previouslytexan.
Winter thaw 2
During a winter thaw, a lot of water and ice collect in the fields. The snowmelt from the past two weeks’ snowfall plus the ~15mm of rain that fell is a lot of water to get rid of, it’s too cold to evaporate quickly, and our flat topography is not conducive to quick runoff.
previouslytexan 